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The Effects of Health and Wealth Shocks on Retirement Decisions
Dalton Conley and Jason Thompson, New York Universityslides
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Homeownership, the Great Recession, and Wealth: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Financeslides
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Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Washington University in St. Louisvideo
Clinton Key, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hillvideo

Keynote
Michael Barr, University of Michigan Law School; formerly Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions,
U.S. Department of the Treasuryslides
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2:15 p.m.

Session Three – Household Balance Sheets:
Education and Social Development

Student Loans, Net Worth, and the Long-Term Financial Health of Households
William Elliott and Ilsung Nam, University of Kansaspaper

An Experimental Test of Child Development Accounts on Early Social-Emotional Development
Jin Huang, St. Louis University
Michael Sherraden, Washington University in St. Louis
Youngmi Kim, Virginia Commonwealth University
Margaret Clancy, Washington University in St. Louisslides
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Discussant:
Robert Pollak, Washington University in St. Louisslides
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How Financial Innovations and Accelerators Drive Booms and Busts in U.S. Consumption
John V. Duca, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Southern Methodist University
John Muellbauer, University of Oxford
Anthony Murphy, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallasslides
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